Tom Hardy’s new drama is off to a encouraging start for FX. The premiere drew 3.43M viewers in Live+3 and it also drew 1.63M adults 18-49, which the cable net said is its most time-shifted series ever in the demo (+101%).
The premiere also was the most time-shifted FX drama series bow in total viewers (+86%). For Tuesday night, it was the No. 1 basic cable drama among men 18-34 and No. 2 in multiple demos.
Based on an original story by Hardy and his father Chips Hardy, Taboo is set in 1814 as the U.S.-Britain war is winding down. A long-thought-dead James Delaney (Tom Hardy) returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But everything comes with a price, and a dark family mystery unfolds amid conspiracy, murder and betrayal.
